Executive functions as predictors of math learning disabilities

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 521-532

  Toll, Sylke W M ^a   van der Ven, Sanne H G ^a   Kroesbergen, Evelyn H ^a   van Luit, Johannes E H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

executive functions; inhibition; math learning disabilities; shifting; working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING DISORDER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

CHILD; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 80053505958     PISSN: 00222194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022219410387302     Document Type: Article

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